Supply Chain Management

Neeraj Dashputra

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Jersey City, NJ 07302 Email: ******.*********@*****.***

SUMMARY

• Dynamic and self-motivated professional with 4+ years of experience (3+ years in consulting) in diverse

Operations / Supply Chain disciplines.

• Outstanding team player possessing excellent management skills and strong analytical abilities.

EXPERIENCE

Capgemini Consulting – Senior Consultant (Supply Chain) at Fortune 500 Retailer Apr 06 – present

• Demand Planning and Inventory Deployment

o Currently leading a project team to enable store-specific size offerings based on geographies and

historic trends, working directly with the demand planning team.

o Supporting the Ordering and Inventory deployment functions by leading a prepack initiative to

reduce DC inventory processing and logistics costs.

o Principal point-of contact for helping in change management, testing and training associates.

Product Development / Innovation

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o Conducted process mapping in the redesign of the Product Development process at client..

o Enabled an enhanced and standardized process to support the management of style, specification,

material, color, vendor and cost at multiple brands.

o Developed training materials / job-aids and trained the business trainers.

Process Integration

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o Developed the Key Integration Point (KIP) process to identify handoffs between siloed business

functions such as Product Development, Planning, Order Mgmt, Logistics, Finance and Stores.

Program Management (PMO)

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o Actively involved in program management analytics, deliverable creation, project management and

timeline creation, benchmarking with past projects.

o Managed communication with client CTO and executive management on project phase-gates and

deliverables, and daily communication with 150-member project team.

Consultant (Supply Chain) at Fortune 500 Chemical Systems Manufacturer Feb 06 – Apr 06

• Assisted in gathering of requirements for a major chemical systems manufacturer in Naperville, IL in the

area of e-procurement and strategic sourcing practices.

• Presented an overview of SAP SRM functionality and best practices to client.

Eli Lilly – Intern Jan 05 – Apr 05

• Conducted process mapping and analysis of the data acquisition process from the chemical lines

• Mediated between IT & process personnel, and performed root-cause analysis to improve the utilization

of labor hours by over 25%.

Purdue University, Discovery Park – Graduate Research Assistant Nov 04 – Dec 05

• Conducted research projects on Economic impact modeling, Performance metrics development,

Benchmarking, and led a team of undergraduate students

• Assisted in administration of PTEC (www.purdue.edu/dp/ptec) and the NIPTE Consortium (www.nipte.org).

GRADUATE PROJECTS

VA Medical Clinic, Indianapolis – Radio Frequency ID (RFID) Implementation Analyst

• Defined scope of feasibility study for an intra-facility RFID implementation in select applications.

• Conducted analysis and presented to the Board on operational savings. Proposal was accepted.

Union Pacific Railroad – Supply Chain Network Design

• Conducted analysis of client network, practices and capabilities.

• Accomplished an improved network strategy and operational savings.

EDUCATION

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN – Master of Science (Industrial Engr.) GPA: 3.6/4.0 Dec 2005

VJTI, University of Mumbai, India – Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engr.) May 2004

First Class w/ Distinction Honors

BUSINESS APPLICATION SKILLS

Manugistics Demand and Fulfillment (basic); SAP (basic), FlexPLM Application for Apparel, SPARK tool for

Size Curves and Packs, SQL, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Microsoft Sharepoint, MATLAB (basic),

CPLEX (basic)

LEADERSHIP AND RECOGNITION

• Promoted to Senior Consultant at Capgemini as a top 5% performer

• Received recognition from client executives while working on Limited Brands INSIGHT project

• Active Recruiter and Interviewer for Capgemini Consulting

• Active member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)

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